In August, the FDA granted “breakthrough therapy designation” for a new immunotherapy CAR T-cell treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
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On September 10, SU2C Breast Cancer Dream Team Leader Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD, with two colleagues H. Michael Shepard, PhD and Axel Ullrich, PhD, received the 2019 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for the invention Herceptin and its development as a life-saving therapy for women with breast cancer.
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When Kathy Thomas arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, last July, she was celebrating more than reaching her goal of visiting her 100th country. This retired radiology technician and inveterate world-traveler was also marking more than seven years as a metastatic melanoma survivor. There was a time when the globe-trotting grandma didn’t think she’d make it to […]
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We caught up with actress and SU2C Ambassador Brittany Daniel, who is best known for her role as Jessica Wakefield in the 1990s syndicated teen drama Sweet Valley High and her portrayal of Kelly Pitts on the CW/BET comedy-drama series The Game. 1. We often say that everyone’s life is, in one way or another, […]
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On June 11, Stand Up To Cancer announced the sixth Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new cancer therapy supported by SU2C research. The recent FDA approval of alpelisib in combination with fulvestrant, is the first and only new therapy for a difficult-to-treat form of advanced or metastatic breast cancer in both post-menopausal […]
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By the time most patients enter treatment, their cancer is already well established, often making the disease much harder to treat. But what if the cancer could be discovered and treated before the cancer advances?
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SU2C Researcher Jim Allison Wins The Nobel Prize
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Phillip A. Sharp, PhD, Stand Up To Cancer’s scientific program as chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee, will receive a special award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
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David Ting, MD shares his experience from the Stand Up To Cancer Scientific Summit 2018.
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Tamara Wallace Norman describes her journey with breast cancer as something that caused her to become a more authentic version of herself.
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